Fishing apparatus



Nov. 30 1926.

A. F. SCHNELL FISHING APPARATUS Fild March so. 1926 40 With these andothe; ebjec ts in view}as Patented Nv.= 30,1"926."

- l 1,609209 UNITED STATES. PATENT ;OFFICE.

' AUGUST I. SCHNELL, O]? KA NKAKEE, ILLIN'OIS.

1 FISIIING .umuemrus.

. This invention felates generally to fishing apparatus and, in its morespecifiq aspect, tonn artificial bait or fish-Jure for use, forinsitahce, in caSti-ng or trolling.

An objet of the invention is the rovision of a fish lurecomposed of avery e.w arts and:extremely simplef construction, w erein the parts areso de'asigned and arranged that friction between the parts and themel0dium in which thclure is used is reduced to a minimum and possibility ofentanglement thereof with weeds or the like in use is practicallyeliminated. Anothe'1 object of the invention is the pro- Vision of adevice 01: this character embodying mea.ns whereby the device is causedt0 maintaih a definite, Medetermined. Position with respect t0 thesurface of the water when in use.

2 A further obje0t 'of the invention is the provision o'f a gombinedsinker and lure guiding meniber having associated there: with means fornorx'nally retaining a -hook and g weed guar d in fixed positionsrelative 2 thereto while permitting ready detaohment 0f these elementstherefro'm when desired.

A. further object in. the invention is the provision of a fish lurewher'ein the shaft t0 'which the iili'e is attached and the sinke! orbody portibn of thelure are so sipranged that portionsof the sha ftserve yieiingly to retain the hook and bait in position.

' A still further obje;et of the invention i s the provision of aspinner embodying noVel an features 01': eoristruction which perrmt itto be made 01: unusually light-weight mater'igl and cause 'ib .to'funcon with lass liabil;ity 0f entariglement with weeds or the like inuse.

will become apparent as the descript'ion proceeds the invention consistsof the novel features of construction of the separate, elements, thecmbinationxof these elements, 66 and the arrangeinentpf partshereinafter to be fully described und pointed 0ut in the cleims. f. Afull and 'complete understanding of \Qsh6fl invention ma b6'.obtainedbya cozisideration 0f the ollowing detaiied desgriptionf drawings fonixing a part of'the. disclbsure, it being understod .that whilia thedrgwin Show a sin le p-xgactical (ambmliment cf t e invention, t elaztter is n'ot to beconfihed t o the showing thereof but may be.changed or 'taken in connection with the inc&tozhpanyixig 1928. Serie]N0, 98484.

m odified so long as such changes and modifications mark n0 materialdeparture from the salient featuns of the invention as hereinafterdescribed and'claimed.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation (ff a fish lure embodying thefeatures of my invention; 1

Figure 2 is an enlarged viev'v in longitudinal central section of thedevice shown in Fig. 1 with the pork rind removed;

Fig. 3 is a view in top plan thereof; Figure 4 is a view in plan ofblank from which the spinner is formed; and

Figilre 5 illustnates the relative Position of the elements When fl-h00kis being a ttached. i.

In the i)articular embodiment .of the inyention shown in theaecompanying drawing, the refere'ence'-character 1 designates myimproved fish lure inits entirety. 'Prefe1- ably and as sho'wn, the1urecom rises a Shgift; 2 adapted to bia made fast in t e usual mannar to afish line 3; a-sinker er body 4 movably mo unted on the shaft 2; a fishhook 5 removably associated with the shaft and sinkeir; a weed guard 6removably assoc iated with the sink'ar in protecting relation 130 thehook; and a single-winged spinner 7 rotat a bly n1 ounted upon shaft 2'between a mir of rapertured' beads 8 disgosed thereon intexa mediate thesinker 4 an line 3.

'The body or sinker 4, Whic"h is prefer:

ablycast-of suitable metal and exteriorly= plated or plishecl, comprisesa central wing or guid ing portion 9, an elongated keel 10 dependingcenrally from the wing, and a sbstantiall triangular-sliaped raised sec-'t1011 11 pro ecting cenlgrally fromthe upper surface 12 of the win Asshown, the keel' 10 is drilled from it s orward end to provide dricalspring housing chamber 13 and a cyl1g}1 a sma l; hole 14 extendscentrally-from.the

bottorh 15 of the chamber into a slot 16 pro-- beneath the Wing 9. Thekeel 10 projects rearwardlj vide in the keel 10 directly past the wing 9and is upturned and bifurdated at the end, as at 17, to r eceiejhe Pshank df hook 5. The shaft 2 -ext6nds thpough the chamber 13 and hole 14and is' 4 beht rst upwardlyas at 18, a)nd then; forengagem'ent' With'the eye 21 Of h0ok 5 and with@he pork rind, m innow, or other suitbleb1it 221 An exansion spring 23, m onnte n 1ponthe sha.

wardly', as;a t 19, tpro'vide a;fhook.20 for f 2 a'nd fastet eng v ofits nds 24 theret o, bears at yieldingl accommodate the hok 20. Thisconstruction prevents accidental rpmoval of the bait or hook from thes'nker;

The Weed guar 6 Preferably comprises a single spring wire bent centrallyupon itself 1nto hairpin form, as at 29, then angularlz; be'nt adjacentthe free ends to prov1de hoo engaging portions 30, und 'curved adjacentthe bellt portion 29 to provide zrbowed or springportion 31--Wl'li0hwhen dispose& between the substantially vertical wa'lls 32 .of a cubout33 in the section 11, serves to memovably retain the weed guard in 0erative position. As shown, the legs 0 the weed guard exterxd through apair of spaced holes 34 drilled through the seqtion 11 and extend'ingfrom the wall' 27 into the cut-out or recess 33. y this construction i tis a parent that the weed guard may be quickly assoc-iated withthe smkerby msert1ng its ends -through the holes 84 und pushing it rear wardlyuntil the spring portion 31 Slips into 1ecess 3Band may be as easilyremoved by raising the spring gortio'na s, for instance, by insertion 0t e thumb-nail thereunder-and pulling the guard forwardly awa fr om thesinker.

T e spinnen! is preferably formed of' a blank of thin mtal (shown inFig. 4) which comprises awing ortion 35 und a bgari'ng-forming prbion36. The beafingforming ortion is rolled upon itself to form an elongatedcylindrical .bearing 37 of die proper ulternal diameter t0 permit easyrotation of the spinnen when mounted upon the shaft 2, and the wingportio'n is s[ irally curved to nender it practically frictionless'wherebnwear on the line; real und guides therefrom is rendgrednegligible. The employment bf a. solid elongated-bearing makes 1 ssiblet0 corlstruct the spinne'r 0f very lig t material and-reduces thepossibility of entanglement of weeds 0x the like in the bearing', whichossibilit is -fu'rther decreased by the against the-ends of the bearing.The spinnerbeing of light inaterial, has lass we1ght and therefore liftsmore easily in its ropelling acti0n than would otherwise be possible.

QFrom the foregoing, it will be observlad that the expansion sprmg 23,which is wholly v contained within the keel10, au'tomatically reiaainstheshaft 2 in such position that'the hook 5 und bait 22 are 2positivelyHeld inpr0per osition whileermitting ready removal't ere9fwivhend'esued. T0 removethe hook 5nrbai t 22 from the sinker, it is onlynecessary A to place. the first and second fingers of one band ngainstthe ;ear edge of bea s 8 whic normally fit tightly the wlngl2 on oposite siides Jof the keel 10 and the thumb 0 the same band against tl1eeye of sllaft2, and then applying pressure causes thebody o r sinker tomqve along the shaft, whereuponthe fish hook 011 bait ma v beremovedfrom 01' associatedWvith the bokly with the free l1arldgnd without the.use of a'nyinstrument. f lt it t0 be observed that in (bis deviee, incontradistiriction t0 known -means on the shft und sinke'r for remov--ably retammg a fish hook in fixed relntion to the sinker.

2. A fish lure comprising a shaft, a sinker movably mountei thereon, andcooperating mei1ns 0n the shaft and sinker for rexnovably retaining afish hook in fixed relation to the sinken und means on the sinker fordebachably retaining a weed guard in opera- J;ive posit1on with respectt0 the hook.

3. A fish lure including a shaftbent als one end to pr ovide a hook asinker movably mounted on the shaft, means on the sinke. f01' limitingmovement thereof on the shaft in onc dircction, and additional means-carriecl fi y the sl1aft and disposecl within. the sink'er f0r yieldingopposing movement of the sinkei' 0n the shaft in the othr diroction.

4. A fish lt1re inoluding a-shaf't a. sinker longitudinally movable 011the sl1aft and formed with a slot to rece ive. theeye 0f a fish hook,und an an shaf't extending into t l1e slot for engagement within saideye. V

5. Afish lureconipnsinga sinker including a flat wing and a, dependingkeel; said keel being transversely slotted adjcent the wing and,extending past an edge thereof; a fish hook h aving its eye dispsedwithin the-51011; und. a shaft pas'sing through the keel und having:anangular extension passular Extension on the ing through the eye andtraver sing the sloti;

6. A fish lure comprislng a sinker including. a flat wing und adepending keel; said keel being transversely slotted adjacent thewiflgwmd extending pa st an edge thereof; a fish hook havingits gyedisposed within the slot; a; shxift passingighrough the keel and havingan-ang'ulhnextension .passing fhrough the eye und tra'versing the slot;am]. means on the sh aft for yieldingly rezi;1ing the mngular qxtensi0nwithin the a, slot extending inwardl pastone edge ofthdwing und anexfienlsiojn pstandihg, c'entrully from the wing und havi ng a recesstherein; said sinke'r being. transversely slotted and the end of theextending poxtion' 0f the keel being upturned' and -gro0Ved;-a fish.hook having its eye dispo'sed withii1 the slot und its shank disposedWithin thegroove; said wing -havir 1g from one edge andcommunicat'iiigwith t e transverse slot;

' a shaft longitudinally movable wit]hin the keel; a bent portion=of theshaft passing throngh said eye und slots und engagiaable in said recess;und spring means 0n the past one edge of the wing, und an extension.pstanding centrally from the wing and shaft for-yieldinglv retaining itin Position with its end in sai recess.

8. A fish lure comprising" a sink'er incluing a flat wing, a dependingkeel exhending having a. recss thetein; said sinker' being transverselyslotfed and the end of the extending portion ofthe-keel being upturnedan d groved; a, fish hook having 'its eye dispogzed within the slot undits shank disposed withi n the groove; said wing having a slbtextending; inWar dl from one edge and communicatxng ;w'ith t etransverse slot; a s'hflft,longitudinally movable within the keel; a;'bent Portion of the shaft passir'xg through said'eye und slots undengageable .in.sai d 1:ecess;spring means on the shaft fopymldmglyretainihg it in position with its end in s aid reoess; andmbans. bn the upstailding extens ioh for remo'vablx retainingaiweedg'uard. in opertive po sit1on with rgspot 1:0 the hook.

' }9.; A fishh1re cognprising a sinker in clud-v ing a flah wing,adeppnding kegl extqnding Past one edge of the wing, and an e2'ztensi0nupstanding c61'1tgrally from the Wing und havinga recess therein saidsinker being transversely stted und the end of the extending portion o fthe .keel being upturned a nd grooved; a fish hook ha'vin its eyedisposed within the' slot an d its s ank dis- -po'sed wit hin thegroove; said wing having a slot. extending ifiwardly f ron1 one edge andcommunioatingwith the transverse 'slot;

a shaftlongitudinal lj movable within the -ke'e l; a bent.poflsion ofthe shaft passing s haft aidjacent to the means on the sinker forretaining the shank' of' the fish hook in longitudinal alinement withthe sinker, and megms on j;he shaft nd disposed within the sinkerwhereby the shaft is yi'eldingly maintained at the limit of its movementin one direction -with its end disposed within the recess.= r 11. In afish lure, a, shaft, a sinker longitudihally mo'vable on the shaft 'andso formead as to position itself in a 'prdetermined manner in use, undooactihg means 011 the shaft und -sinker whereby a hook. und bait mation wit respect the sinker.

- In testimony whareof I aflix my si ature.

- AUGUST F. son LL."

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